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5 6! 7 Patented June 25, 1895. 1:2: '1.. V 0/ 0/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCENE J. APPLE AND GEORGE N. BREITWISER, OF REPUBLIC, OHlO.

FOOD-COOKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,703, dated June 25, 1895. Applic i n fi August so, 1894. Serial No. 521,712. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MARCENE J. APPLE and GEORGE N. BREITWISER, citizens of the United States, residing at Republic, county of Seneca, and State of Ohio, have invented new and-useful Improvements in Food-Cookers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to food cookers.

The object is to produce an apparatus for steaming or boiling food for'cattle and for evaporating or other purposes, in which, by a peculiar arrangement of fines, an equable distribution of heat will be secrirechand high efficiency obtained with a minimum consumption of fuel.

With this object in view, the invention con sists in a cooker, comprising a furnace, a receptacle supported above and serving as a top to the furnace, and fines leading from opposite sides of the furnace, beneath the receptacle, rearward, to a common uptake, whereby the products of combustion, in passing from the furnace to the uptake, aredirected in a manner, to become evenly distributed over the entire bottom of the receptacle; furthermore, in a cooker, comprising a furnace having its opposite sides flared outward, a re ceptacle supported above and serving as a top to the furnace, and fines arranged beneath the receptacle and forming continuations of the flared portions, whereby the products of combustion are led upward and forward into the fines, thence rearward, beneath and adjacent the ends of the receptacle, into an uptake, common to the fines; and finally in details of construction.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation,of one embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective, showing sections of the apparatus, separated and arranged relatively one above the other.

In the drawings: A, designates the furnace, which may be of any well-known construction and design,bnt is preferably as shown,being approximately square, open at the top and provided with a grate a, a door aileading in above the grate, through which fuel is introduced, and an ash pit a below the grate.

At or near the front of the furnace, portions of the side walls are flared outward, forming enlargements a.

B, represents a superstructure or line casing, which may be integral with or removably secured upon either the furnace or the food-holding receptacle or may be and preferably is a separate casing as shown in- Fig. 2 of the drawings. This casing, also open at the top, is, as shown, adapted to fit down upon the furnace, its bottom being cut away at b, directly above the grate and flared portions of the furnace walls, from the front wall of the casing, toward the rear,sufficient space being left at sides and rear, for fines b and b formed bya vertical flange or wall 1), extending around the opening. At or adjacent, the front wall of the casing, are openings b, in the flanges at opposite sides of main opening, through which the products of combustion from the furnace, pass into the fines andare carried rearward to the end flue, and escape by way of an uptake b, leadingtherefrom.

0, represents a receptacle, suitable for holding food or other substance to be steamed or boiled. This receptacle is designed to be seated upon the fine casing, so as to complet ely cover the same, and is provided with a'remov'able cover 0, formed solid or in hinged sections.

It will be apparent that a number of interchangeable receptacles may be used in connection with the furnace, and if founddesin able, each may have formed integral therewith, a fine casing, similar to that abovedescribed, it being immaterial to which section the fiue casing is fixed; but it is preferable that the flue casing beseparate from the furnace and the receptacle, inasmuch as the device would be of greater use, with a less quantity of weight, especially when it is desired to haveannmber of interchangeable receptacles, and where it is desirous to change the location of the cooker. By the use of a separable flue casing, it is also obvious that should one of the dues become broken a new flue easing could be readily inserted and it is also desirable to have a separable and removable fiue casing, as it is'often desirous that a fine of different size, &o., be used, especially when it is desired to vary the heat distribution of the furnace. It may also be desired to have a direct heat on the receptacle in which case the flue casing would be. entirely removed from the cooker and the receptacle be placed directly on the furnace.

Among the important ad vantages of the invention may be mentioned: its extreme simplicity of construction and low cost of manufacture, as well as its strength and durability, and its effectiveness in operation.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A cooker comprising a furnace having its opposite sides flared outward and having a portion of its front and rear walls extending upward above thelevel of said flared portions; a flue casing removably mounted on said furnace between said front and rear wall extensions said flue casing comprising a rectangular pan-shaped superstructure,having a rectangular opening at its center, and having flanges extending upward from said opening to a height equal to the height of said superstructure said flanges being located at the sides and rear of said opening, the space between said superstructure and said flanges forming 

